* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former football player. He played for FC Bayern München and the Germany national team. He was the best striker at his times and still owns many scoring records.

He started playing football for TSV 1861 Nördlingen, where he scored in the 1962/63 season 180 out of 204 goals.[1] From 1964 he played for FC Bayern München. In his first season for Bayern München he scored in 26 matches 33 goals. From 1965 till 1979 he scored in 427 Bundesliga matches and scored 365 goals. This record is still existing. From 1979 till 1982 he played in the US-professional league for Ford Lauderdale Strikers and Smiths Brothers Lounge.

He started his international career on 12 October 1966 in Ankara versus Turkey. In his second match versus Albania he scored his first four of his 68 goals in the national team. He was member of the 1970 FIFA World Cup team. With ten goals he was the best scorer in this tournament. 1972 Germany won the European Championship and Müller was again the best scorer of this tournament. 1974 he won with Germany the FIFA World Cup where he scored the second goal in the 2:1 victory over the Netherlands. After this tournament he resigned from the team.